PASCO COUNTY, Fla – A 21-year-old Clearwater man suffered serious injuries in a crash that happened around 12:10 am on Friday in Pasco County.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the Clearwater man driving a Pontiac sedan, was traveling southbound on I-75, south of SR-56, when he lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason.
Troopers say the vehicle entered the inside shoulder and collided with the inside guardrail.
Troopers say the vehicle was redirected back into the travel lanes, where it was struck by a Royal Synergy Productions bus with no passengers, also traveling southbound on I-75.
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The Pontiac rotated to a stop in the southbound lanes of I-75 while the bus traveled to the median, overturned, and continued across the northbound lanes of I-75.
The bus then collided with the outside concrete barrier wall resulting in debris being ejected upon the exit ramp leading from I-75 to SR-56.
All highway lanes were reopened at 3:05 AM.
The driver of the bus, a 45-year-old Orlando Man, suffered only minor injuries in the crash.
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